Positively-chargeable charge control agent and toner for developing electrostatic images

Abstract

Positively-chargeable charge control agent and toner for developing electrostatic images that comprises a coloring agent, a resin for toners, and said positively-chargeable charge control agent. The positively-chargeable charge control agent comprises a metal complex salt or metal complex of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having at least 1 perfluoroalkyl group, wherein the central atom of the metal complex salt or metal complex is a trivalent metal.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. Positively-chargeable charge control agent comprising a metal complex salt or metal complex of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having at least 1 perfluoroalkyl group, wherein the central atom of the metal complex salt or metal complex is a trivalent metal. 
     
     
       2. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 1 wherein said metal complex salt or metal complex of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid is represented by Formula [I] or [II] below: ##STR25## In Formulas [I] and [II], A represents ##STR26## M represents a trivalent metal; X +  represents H + , an alkali metal cation, NH +   4 , a cation based on an organic amine, or a quaternary organic ammonium ion; In the former formula, each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3  and R 4  independently represents hydrogen or a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group, except that not all of R 1  through R 4  are hydrogen;   In the latter formula, each of R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9  and R 10  independently represents hydrogen or a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group, except that not all of R 5  through R 10  are hydrogen.   
     
     
       3. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 1 wherein said trivalent metal is a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe and Cr. 
     
     
       4. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 2 wherein said trivalent metal is a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe and Cr. 
     
     
       5. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 1 wherein the carbon number of said perfluoroalkyl group is an integer of 1 to 8. 
     
     
       6. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 2 wherein the carbon number of said perfluoroalkyl group is an integer of 1 to 8. 
     
     
       7. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 3 wherein the carbon number of said perfluoroalkyl group is an integer of 1 to 8. 
     
     
       8. Positively-chargeable charge control agent of claim 4 wherein the carbon number of said perfluoroalkyl group is an integer of 1 to 8.